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LinuxUser Expo rewards open source excellence

Loads of laureates at this year's London shindig

By Team Register

Posted in Software, 23rd March 2004 13:12 GMT

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London's Olympia will this year play host to the LinuxUser & Developer Expo 2004 (www.linuxuserexpo.com) - the UK's definitive Linux forum taking place on 20 and 21 April. The Expo is, of course, organised by LinuxUser & Developer magazine (http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/linux/index.shtml).

Highlight of the event will be a gala awards bash - The LinuxUser & Developer Awards (http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/expo/index.php?option=content&task=section&id=8&Itemid=54) (20 April) - to recognise the Linux industry's very best in product and service solutions - as well as corporate and personal contributions to the cause. The awards are this year supported by OpenForum Europe (http://www.openforumeurope.org/).

An elite panel of eight judges will preside over the proceedings, and select winners in 12 categories:

There are also five awards up for grabs in the following LinuxUser & Developer reader-nominated categories:
If you'd like to put forward a worthy candidate for any of the above, you can do so here (http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/expo/index.php?option=com_philaform&Itemid=1&form_id=6). The deadline for submissions is Friday 26 March.

And finally, the open source gurus charged with this unenviable task of choosing the laureates are:

Marvellous. It's certainly an open source love-in on a grand scale and guaranteed fun for all the family. For full details on what else is happening at LinuxUser & Developer Expo 2004, click here (http://www.linuxuserexpo.com). ®